OU vs Xavier 7pm on FS1

[BoulderSooner]

NORMAN – After opening up Big 12 play with an early conference win on Sunday, the Sooners are back to a stretch of non-conference matchups. First up for RV/RV Oklahoma (2-0, 1-0 Big 12) is a road contest in Cincinnati, Ohio against RV/RV Xavier (6-0, 0-0 Big East) in the second edition of the Big 12/Big East Battle.

The Sooners boast three of the top four scorers in the Big 12, including seniors Brady Manek (21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds) and Austin Reaves (20.0 points, 6.5 assists). The Musketeers are led by Zach Freemantle (17.2 points, 8.5 rebounds) and Paul Scruggs (13.7 points, 7.0 assists) and are coming off a road rivalry win at Cincinnati on Sunday.

https://soonersports.com/news/2020/...ff-with-xavier-in-big-12-big-east-battle.aspx

 

[BoulderSooner]

big game tonight on the road Xavier opened at -2.5 and the line is down to -1

Over/Under is 147

a good showing here would be great but i don't expect a win

 

[BoulderSooner]

Xavier is not big across the front line they play 3 guards and the "bigs" are 6'9 225 and 6'8 227 (back up post is also a senior and 6'8)

they start 3 Seniors and 2 sophs and are a good squad ..

 

[sheepdogs1]

big game tonight on the road Xavier opened at -2.5 and the line is down to -1

Over/Under is 147

a good showing here would be great but i don't expect a win

Not much of a favorite. I think our free throw shooting will do them in.

 

[CoachTalk]

Victor and Big stick rick back tonight.

 

[BCSooners]

Vic get to play?

 

[CoachTalk]

Vic get to play?

Yes. Now will he... Depends on Lon and his conditioning...

 

[tmeyer3307]

Doubtful either one of those guys play tonight I'd think. Be a huge win if we can get it.. Really cool to see early in the season the team chemistry and leaders stepping up. Gibson and Williams not scoring yet really, but have shown me that they are dogs/leaders of this team!

 

[BoulderSooner]

Doubtful either one of those guys play tonight I'd think. Be a huge win if we can get it.. Really cool to see early in the season the team chemistry and leaders stepping up. Gibson and Williams not scoring yet really, but have shown me that they are dogs/leaders of this team!

i would bet Vic plays tonight 8-10 min

 

[Darwin]

If Vic is on the bench, I think he plays some short stints. This game is not any harder than TCU imo.

 

[StoopsBros]

Seeing OU -1 as of right now. 11:39 am ct.

 

[Jeopardude]

Seeing OU -1 as of right now. 11:39 am ct.

I'm now seeing OU -2. That's a big swing.

 

[scrybe]

I know little-to-no knowledge about Xavier, outside of the fact that they're undefeated. But if Manek, Reaves and Harmon perform anywhere close to as well as they did against TCU, and our role players provide adequate backup, I see no reason we can't win this game.

 

[skyvue]

Three of Xavier's six wins were by three points or fewer.

 

[daqman]

Will be interesting to watch as the year plays out, but home court advantage may be negligible this year.

 

[pnkranger]

I think Xavier is really similar to TCU in terms of talent level. Well-coached and won't beat themselves. If we defend like we're capable, then we'll win. Our offense is better by a good margin.

 

[Soonerinkc]

game thread?

 

[BoulderSooner]

Harmon with the start for Mo

 

[OUReality]

game thread?

Looks like it. Kur having a presence on both ends early

 

[BoulderSooner]

Reaves drawing fouls early